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the title of this these gentlemen started in europe and making to the united states and went back. they were all german refugees that barely escaped germany and then became american citizens and to be unbelievable, which is parachute act into nazi alliance. he was a german officer impersonating a german officer behind not the lines and gather actionable intelligence that literally changed the course of the war. >> mr. mayor, you must have had moments where he feared for her life. is there a particular story? there must've been moments that you fear for your life, impersonating a german officer, were there moments are a store you remember in particular? >> at the age of 21, you know no fear. >> that sort of the understatement of the year. a frederick mayor is very self-effacing, but this man was captured by the gestapo and literally water boarded and tortured for three days and survived, didn't break, and then literally turns the tables on his captors and got tens of thousands of german soldiers to surrender. >> the author is patrick o'donnell, the book is they dared to return. the
the title of this these gentlemen started in europe and making to the united states and went back. they were all german refugees that barely escaped germany and then became american citizens and to be unbelievable, which is parachute act into nazi alliance. he was a german officer impersonating a german officer behind not the lines and gather actionable intelligence that literally changed the course of the war. >> mr. mayor, you must have had moments where he feared for her life. is there...
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a rare saturday session of the united states senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o shepherd who neither slumbers or sleeps, as we labor this weekend, we desire you to be near to guide us with your wisdom and love. use our lawmakers as instrument of your providence, leading them beside still waters, restoring their energy, and bringing them to your desired destination. give them the stature to see above the walls of prideful opinions the path to the greatest good. lord, sustain them with your strength, preserve them with your grace. instruct them with your wisdom, and protect them with your power. as an intentional act of will, may they commit to you everything they think, say, and do today. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one na
a rare saturday session of the united states senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o shepherd who neither slumbers or sleeps, as we labor this weekend, we desire you to be near to guide us with your wisdom and love. use our lawmakers as instrument of your providence, leading them beside still waters, restoring their energy, and bringing them to your desired destination. give them the...
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. >> have you voted in the united states? >> no. because i do not live in the united states. i only travel on my canadian passport. i do not actually have an american passport. if i moved to the u.s. and wanted to, i would vote in the elections. i would activate all of that. >> i have the new forward to your book, "no logo." coming out again in paperback? >> the 10th anniversary edition is coming out with a new foreword. >> all right, i am going to read some of what you wrote. this is what i track in the -- barack obama. >> yes, and this is what i tracked in the -- track in the book. the ambition of the super brands of the 1990's in companies like starbucks and nike and apple. the equated their ideas with this transcendent injury. they ended up making themselves -- this transcendent in the jury -- imagery. the ended up making themselves -- they ended up making themselves very vulnerable to their consumers demanding more of them. when a company like apple uses gondi in an ad -- ghandi in an ad, or anti racism in their market, it is usually because somebody at their advertising
. >> have you voted in the united states? >> no. because i do not live in the united states. i only travel on my canadian passport. i do not actually have an american passport. if i moved to the u.s. and wanted to, i would vote in the elections. i would activate all of that. >> i have the new forward to your book, "no logo." coming out again in paperback? >> the 10th anniversary edition is coming out with a new foreword. >> all right, i am going to read...
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how many people did the united states have been a country of about 30 million people to verify these 550 places, the answer was zero. so we were totally reliant on this group of highly conflicted exiles. that was all i needed to hear to have serious doubts at the validity of this information upon which we ultimately went to war with, i think, disaster consequence. .. >> if people are trying to get involved and they see that this government seems broken and does not work they get cynical said on top of that asking about "the new york times" max wrangle said he is not read about the existence of that but the newspapers in the country and of those go down they will learn of local problems to get them involved so how the system seems not to be working and the decline of the press what is your comments on those two aspects? >> what i have been discussing is declining citizenship plays a very direct role if the decline of our governmental institutions. if people don't have basic knowledge and understanding to feel they have those institutions are likely to be cynical. there's also an enorm
how many people did the united states have been a country of about 30 million people to verify these 550 places, the answer was zero. so we were totally reliant on this group of highly conflicted exiles. that was all i needed to hear to have serious doubts at the validity of this information upon which we ultimately went to war with, i think, disaster consequence. .. >> if people are trying to get involved and they see that this government seems broken and does not work they get cynical...
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states. i don't think that's what the founding fathers had in mind in terms of citizens being able to run for office. public financing allows a small start candidacy people who are running independent, small parties to have at least a little bit of contribution in order to be able to get to the point where they can compete and have their candidacy in front of the american voter. ralph nader is one of the only candidates in the last three elections who's qualified as a minor party or third-party independent as for public financing matching funds in the primary. first of all as jam pointed out the statute is written so that you're not going to get as a minor party independent general election financing nellis you already proved in the past election you can garner 5% of the vote so that is absolutely no use in the current election if you are a minor party or independent. but it does allow -- what it does allow and what was critical in both the 2000 and the 2004 and 2008 campaign which i did not
states. i don't think that's what the founding fathers had in mind in terms of citizens being able to run for office. public financing allows a small start candidacy people who are running independent, small parties to have at least a little bit of contribution in order to be able to get to the point where they can compete and have their candidacy in front of the american voter. ralph nader is one of the only candidates in the last three elections who's qualified as a minor party or third-party...
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they have the outlet of coming to the united states for any care they need. they have the united states inventing pharmaceuticals that europe and canada will never invent because they don't have the profit system there. without the united states, there will nobody relief for people who have to wait for three years to get a c.a.t. scan. there will nobody relief for people who want a drug that will never be invented because national health care passes. what i said was for the transition, for the tough cases i would rather have one fund that pays these few rare cases rather than wreck the entire system for everyone. i mean everyone on earth. which is what the democrat plan will do. over time, what you do if you don't like the insurance companies, make them compete. you make apple compete with microsoft and suddenly everybody has a computer for $200. you make cell phones compete, suddenly everything is cheap and easily available. somehow prices do not come down and services do not improve when the government is running things. >> larry: al, isn't it the insurance
they have the outlet of coming to the united states for any care they need. they have the united states inventing pharmaceuticals that europe and canada will never invent because they don't have the profit system there. without the united states, there will nobody relief for people who have to wait for three years to get a c.a.t. scan. there will nobody relief for people who want a drug that will never be invented because national health care passes. what i said was for the transition, for the...
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he's a corporal in the united states marine corps and, greg, we're so proud of you, of your whole family. we've mishd you so much during your deployment and can't wait for you to return home. you're such a role model for your younger brother, sister and all your cousins. we're so thankful for all your sacrifices. we miss your practical jokes, your laughing and your bear hugs. be safe and hurry home to us. you rock. >> if you have somebody in the service go to cnn.com/robin. >>> a barking dog and a grandpa who learned cpr in the army 30 years ago save add little girl in texas from drowning. the 2-year-old had fallen into the family pool. she managed to squeeze through a doggie door and she was turning purple when her grandfather began cpr. >> she arched her back and opened her eyes and started moaning, and at that point i was pretty doubtful she was going to be okay. >> the girl spent the day in the hospital but is fine now, thank goodness. >>> now we've told you so much about how the detroit automakers have been struggling. some huge news, though, this morning. and our money expert jenni
he's a corporal in the united states marine corps and, greg, we're so proud of you, of your whole family. we've mishd you so much during your deployment and can't wait for you to return home. you're such a role model for your younger brother, sister and all your cousins. we're so thankful for all your sacrifices. we miss your practical jokes, your laughing and your bear hugs. be safe and hurry home to us. you rock. >> if you have somebody in the service go to cnn.com/robin. >>> a...
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if you join it, you're here to defend the united states. if you can't carry that out -- guest: but the army does need to single out those that are saying they are -- guest: i agree with you completely. guest: almost every jihaddist is a muslim. you not be overly politically correct where you ignore that fact. guest: general casey said the most important thing is we don't affect the diversity of the army. i beg your pardon? your job is to affect the country. i don't care about the dumb diversity goals. host: james is twittering in, i'm still waiting for some people to be fired. we'll go to chris in houston. good morning. on the republican line. caller: first i wanted to mention i agree with you completely. i do not believe sarah palin is really prepared to be president. but then again, if bush could do it, maybe palin could do it, too. host: you're calling on the republican line. are you truly a republican? caller: yes, i am. but i believe there's other republicans that are more qualified for that sort of leadership role. host: so who do you
if you join it, you're here to defend the united states. if you can't carry that out -- guest: but the army does need to single out those that are saying they are -- guest: i agree with you completely. guest: almost every jihaddist is a muslim. you not be overly politically correct where you ignore that fact. guest: general casey said the most important thing is we don't affect the diversity of the army. i beg your pardon? your job is to affect the country. i don't care about the dumb diversity...
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the reason the united states can -- but few persisted that way. the reason the united states can bar all this money despite all the tunnel on the the financial markets -- u.s. treasury securities are still viewed as one of safest assets in the world. the interest-rate the government is currently paid is quite low. but that, many observers think, is a phenomenon that is distinctive to the current financial crisis and that as the crisis waynes -- wanes and investors turn to other places for the money, it will be more difficult for the u.s. government to borrow and the government will have to pay higher rates. there are possible crises from the dead and there are ongoing costs of the dead. -- from debt and their ongoing costs of the debt. one crisis people worry about would be pressure on the federal reserve to increase inflation and inflation away some of the -- inflate away some of the value of the dead. crises, as we know, a very difficult to predict. there are ongoing costs that a much more straightforward. paying interest based on past governmen
the reason the united states can -- but few persisted that way. the reason the united states can bar all this money despite all the tunnel on the the financial markets -- u.s. treasury securities are still viewed as one of safest assets in the world. the interest-rate the government is currently paid is quite low. but that, many observers think, is a phenomenon that is distinctive to the current financial crisis and that as the crisis waynes -- wanes and investors turn to other places for the...
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canada was not a threat to the united states. no matter what you may have thought, we're not taking over the country in any way. it is very difficult to attack the united states. one thing is the absolute shock to the system that came out of 9-11 -- 9/11. it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is such an emotional response that makes it very difficult to govern, and the role of the media does not help. particularly when the media is more visual than it is reality. the images tell partial truth, the humans do not tell the truth. they distort the american political system and indeed, the american political issue. it is astounding to me to see how people can claim a victory on today's news stories. it is going on today, as we speak. i find it very discouraging. i remained optimistic about the qualities of american society. its willing
canada was not a threat to the united states. no matter what you may have thought, we're not taking over the country in any way. it is very difficult to attack the united states. one thing is the absolute shock to the system that came out of 9-11 -- 9/11. it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is...
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it's the growing population in the united states. a lot of those democrats, however, in congress right now are very moderate. a lot of them are not for comprehensive immigration reform. none want to take a vote on immigration right now. it is the new third rail of american politics. but obama made promises in that area and so did a lot of more liberal democrats. the hispanic caucus is growing in influence. i think that's kind of the next policy piece to explode in washington. host: our guests have been patricia murphy. the wsi attached to our website. also joining us, jillian bandies. again, their website attached to the c-span website as well. thank you for joining us. we're going to do a short bit of phones and then we're going to talk about bus service in the united states. we'll be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> washington journal continues. >> host: if you want to weigh in on the short period of open phones, the numbers are on the bo
it's the growing population in the united states. a lot of those democrats, however, in congress right now are very moderate. a lot of them are not for comprehensive immigration reform. none want to take a vote on immigration right now. it is the new third rail of american politics. but obama made promises in that area and so did a lot of more liberal democrats. the hispanic caucus is growing in influence. i think that's kind of the next policy piece to explode in washington. host: our guests...
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so for the first time in four years, ford made money in the united states for the quarter. of course that's partly because of some of the big sales due to cash for clunkers helping the ford focus, the ford escape. you may not think of that as a green car but it met the rules. ford believes it will do fine even though the program is over. it says it will be solidly profitable in 2011. that's good news for not just detroit jobs but detroit spirits in a way. >> absolutely. i spent a lot of time in detroit inside the gm facility and it permiates the spirit of people in detroit. so good, good, good. good for them. jen westhoven, thank you. >>> jury selection today starts for a man accused of killing a tv anchor in arkansas. anne pressley found beaten in her bed and later died. curtis lavelle vance pleaded not guilty to all had charges. his attorneys say police coerced him into giving a dna sample before his arrest. >>> senator joe lieberman says he'll do anything he can to stop a health care bill that includes what is called a public option. yesterday he argued that kind of legi
so for the first time in four years, ford made money in the united states for the quarter. of course that's partly because of some of the big sales due to cash for clunkers helping the ford focus, the ford escape. you may not think of that as a green car but it met the rules. ford believes it will do fine even though the program is over. it says it will be solidly profitable in 2011. that's good news for not just detroit jobs but detroit spirits in a way. >> absolutely. i spent a lot of...
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he was born and raised in the united states. he graduated from virginia tech with a degree in biochemistry and earned his medical degree while in the army. although he was never deployed outside the u.s., he was due to be deployed soon. >>> the owner of a convenience store in ft. hood says the man he knew came in for coffee and hash browns nearly every morning. that's him there, as you can see. he released this video exclusively to our sister network, cnn. it shows hasan in the store just hours before the shooting. the store owner says hasan often chatted with him when he stopped in. >> there was one exchange that stuck out in his mind. this was a regular customer. about a week ago he came in and seemed to want to talk. he knew the store owner had been overseas. he expressed to him he was worried about his up coming deployment he expressed he had a problem as a religious conflict. but as a fellow muslim and someone of faith he had a problem with having perhaps the opportunity in the future to have to shoot or injure or kill or f
he was born and raised in the united states. he graduated from virginia tech with a degree in biochemistry and earned his medical degree while in the army. although he was never deployed outside the u.s., he was due to be deployed soon. >>> the owner of a convenience store in ft. hood says the man he knew came in for coffee and hash browns nearly every morning. that's him there, as you can see. he released this video exclusively to our sister network, cnn. it shows hasan in the store...
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of the united states. how scary is that? >> patience. patience. he's studying law. >> sarah palin threw some punches at levi on "oprah" but levi hit back on "e.t. "let's look. >> the whole premise of levi ever having lived with bristol is false, and from there, though, i mean you take that foundational untruth and you can kind of measure all the other things that he's saying. >> you know, she's basically calling me a liar which is total [ bleep ]. i did for, you know, a few, a couple months, and then we split up, and that was it. >> well, i mean, you know, it's becoming he said/she said. >> right. >> if you read the "vanity fair" article i'm sure you read that with levi he says scathing things about her and she went after him and the interview with oprah, she talks about him as a porn star with the "playgirl" thing he's not doing full frontal. oh, my god, san francisco is creating a national day of mourning, because -- but anyway. who do you believe? who do you think is tell -- who is the bigger liar, let's say or the smaller liar? >> wow. i think
of the united states. how scary is that? >> patience. patience. he's studying law. >> sarah palin threw some punches at levi on "oprah" but levi hit back on "e.t. "let's look. >> the whole premise of levi ever having lived with bristol is false, and from there, though, i mean you take that foundational untruth and you can kind of measure all the other things that he's saying. >> you know, she's basically calling me a liar which is total [ bleep ]. i...
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washington recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other states. opponents are suing to put the issue before voters. they want to decide if marriage is a union between a man an and a woman, but the board of elections and ethics voted that it would violate a city human rights law. meanwhile, the city council is moving forward with its efforts to completely legalize gay marriage in the district, but the final vote expected before christmas. >> i absolutely think it's great -- >> it's a way forward. >> my name is ron sturm. i'm from west virginia, and i believe that the people should vote on whether or not there should be gay marriage in their area. that's the democratic system. that's the way it works. people don't always agree with what the legislators do or say. it should go back to the basics and back to the people voting on it. that's my opinion. >> okay. that was ron giving us his opinion, his view. we want to know what you think about this. steve is calling us from california, where this has clearly been an issue for quite some time. and steve,
washington recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other states. opponents are suing to put the issue before voters. they want to decide if marriage is a union between a man an and a woman, but the board of elections and ethics voted that it would violate a city human rights law. meanwhile, the city council is moving forward with its efforts to completely legalize gay marriage in the district, but the final vote expected before christmas. >> i absolutely think it's great -- >>...
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you're going to have to try the case in the united states. it is unclear whether you can get that fair trial but it has happened before. they will try to get an impartial jury and a judge will make sure that the jury will be impartial. >> when the men go on trial in the southern district of new york, they will be just blocks from where the world trade center fell. the actual transfer of the prisoners from new york, that is not expected to happen for several week. formal charges haven't been filed against most of them. so do you think trying them in new york is the right thing to do or would you have preferred they face military juts at guantanamo bay? e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or give us a call. you can text us at hlntv or to go my facebook page. >>> alleged ft. hood gunman may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. he was shot four times during the shooting spree last week. he is in intensive care at brook army medical center in san antonio. his civilian lawyer talked with him for about an hour yesterday. >> he is not ambulatory. he is
you're going to have to try the case in the united states. it is unclear whether you can get that fair trial but it has happened before. they will try to get an impartial jury and a judge will make sure that the jury will be impartial. >> when the men go on trial in the southern district of new york, they will be just blocks from where the world trade center fell. the actual transfer of the prisoners from new york, that is not expected to happen for several week. formal charges haven't...
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and capping off a 1979 to 1997 in the united states said it -- the united states senate. guest: when i was at the institute of politics for harvard for those two and a half years, i was asked that question so many times by the students -- which job did you like the best, which job was the most rewarding? oddly enough, i answered it in a funny way, and it surprises people when i answer it. i said, "you know, the most satisfying job i ever had was being state representative." i was young and i had a lot of energy. i was a lost it during that time did i do not advise anyone to go to -- i was a law student during that time did i do not been is anyone to go to law school and be in the legislature at the same time. my wife worked to keep me in law school. we had children. mark was born while i was a law student, actually. i had a great opportunity to be very close to the constituents that i work for, who put me in the job of being in the state legislature. i also think during that time that i was developing my own political philosophy, and i must say that i always thought i kne
and capping off a 1979 to 1997 in the united states said it -- the united states senate. guest: when i was at the institute of politics for harvard for those two and a half years, i was asked that question so many times by the students -- which job did you like the best, which job was the most rewarding? oddly enough, i answered it in a funny way, and it surprises people when i answer it. i said, "you know, the most satisfying job i ever had was being state representative." i was...
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if we don't act we may have the collapse of finance in the united states and the rest of the world. where were they? >> guest: i don't think there were looking at the data. if they were there were choosing to ignore it or act optimistic because that serve the political agenda. you don't want to be the party in power when the crisis happens. if you can sort of push along and will it to not happen and give this, this is how i look at it from the outside, but give a positive spin you can push it on to rally the next guy or the next administration. >> host: he almost got out. >> guest: he almost got out. >> host: he almost made it. >> guest: if it happened at the beginning of 2009 it would have changed. >> host: talk about this whole business of deregulation. during the ten year period wall street spent $105 billion pressuring congress for campaign contributions to deregulate. what impact did all of that deregulation have on the ensuing financial collapse? >> guest: the repeal of a glass-stiegel was the catalyst for what became the collapse and what became a few years later some enron a
if we don't act we may have the collapse of finance in the united states and the rest of the world. where were they? >> guest: i don't think there were looking at the data. if they were there were choosing to ignore it or act optimistic because that serve the political agenda. you don't want to be the party in power when the crisis happens. if you can sort of push along and will it to not happen and give this, this is how i look at it from the outside, but give a positive spin you can...
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states, in the united states we have the defense production act. basically what that tells us is that if we need material for the safety and security of this country that we can prior to rise that and i think many countries have that kind of situation and that they need to prior to arise for their country. that's why its own form for us to get to domestic manufacturing capacity in the u.s.. essentially something that we learned and realized during our pandemic planning early on and, in fact, to an earlier when we realized several years ago we down just 21 licensed in the u.s. and i think people worked very hard to get to the point that we are today and now we need to get to the point where we have much more domestic manufacturing capacity. i think in the case of a csl, there are based in australia and have a similar kind of arrangement or requirement within us joined government. remember the southern hemisphere has an opera get a different time and so australia was experiencing a pretty severe outbreak. they decided it needed vaccines a first for i
states, in the united states we have the defense production act. basically what that tells us is that if we need material for the safety and security of this country that we can prior to rise that and i think many countries have that kind of situation and that they need to prior to arise for their country. that's why its own form for us to get to domestic manufacturing capacity in the u.s.. essentially something that we learned and realized during our pandemic planning early on and, in fact, to...
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s and mortgage credit in the united states? so much of that is supported by the government, and how do we extract ourselves. i know the administration is coming out with proposals at the beginning of next year, but that is a hard problem, and i don't know how we are going to address that going forward. of course that leads me to the fourth phase of the crisis, which i will call the reform phase. we are obviously at the very beginning of that. these are all the measures that were taken by regulators, by legislation, by the accountants, to try to make changes so that we don't repeat the problems that caused the crisis that we are currently in. as i said, we are very much at the front end of that. on the regulatory side i would say the real focus has been on capital. i talked about the need to raise capital, but there is very much an examination going about what we should do to change capital requirements. a real focus on the quality of capital, about having more of a fake us on common equities and some of the less pure forms of c
s and mortgage credit in the united states? so much of that is supported by the government, and how do we extract ourselves. i know the administration is coming out with proposals at the beginning of next year, but that is a hard problem, and i don't know how we are going to address that going forward. of course that leads me to the fourth phase of the crisis, which i will call the reform phase. we are obviously at the very beginning of that. these are all the measures that were taken by...
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>> it hasn't flown over the united states yet. the roads will be more crowded for thanksgiving this year, because i guess, jen, folks are doing things dirchltly this time around. >> here's what to expect if your traveling. aaa says nearly 39 million americans are going to be on the move. it's a little more than last year, but it's nothing compared to recent years if you think back in your memory. that is because last year travel died. it went down 25%, and it's coming up this year but only 1%, so pretty much, we are sticking to these new habits. and that's why you might think, hey, that's a travel story, why is jen doing it? it's a money story. people are putting their budget first and saying i don't need any unnecessary travel at this time. most of the people who are traveling, they're going to be on the road in their cars while flying is expected to be down nearly 7%. but driving, up about 2%, and you know one of the reasons it helps out, you can still watch your budget and drive, is because gas about 50 cents a gallon cheaper r
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indeed transports like going home to the united states, it could be the cargo plane coming in with supplies. that put the wounded troops on their often with a nurse or some inflight medical care to keep them safe and healthy as they fly home. >> nisei the air force handed off to the army and they handed off to a operating base. where was that? >> it is one of afghans agricultural districts, traditionally, it grows much of the food that >> it is a paved road, maybe not up to u.s. standards. they're just trying to make a living in some unforgiving terrain. >> why does the military have a base there? >> in their minds, they're bringing the population into the coalition foaled in their building support for the afghan government. they talk to the farmers in a language they understand. the u.s. army has a battalion in the province with three companies, one in each district. those guys are spending most of their time understanding what kind of farming is going on, how can we help? and working with the afghan government to get them on that page. it is like an agricultural commune that wears militar
indeed transports like going home to the united states, it could be the cargo plane coming in with supplies. that put the wounded troops on their often with a nurse or some inflight medical care to keep them safe and healthy as they fly home. >> nisei the air force handed off to the army and they handed off to a operating base. where was that? >> it is one of afghans agricultural districts, traditionally, it grows much of the food that >> it is a paved road, maybe not up to...
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thanks. >>> is the united states turning soci socialist? some people think so. u.s. troops are springing up like weeds in the springtime but are they parlts or extremists? >>> deep in the woods of michigan and across the country there are men and women wearing camouflage firing guns and since the election of president obama, their numbers have surged. the southern poverty law center said there are 100 militias across the country. what are they training for? many say their right to buy their own guns may disappear. >> any time we get a democratic president in the office people become concerned, including myse myself, and we get a resurgence out here. >> just the simple fact we are out here and we are doing this will give somebody pause. will make them think twice. >> because you're ready to lefd your rights? >> ultimately, yes. >> there really is this kind of terrible fear mixed with fury about the idea that president obama is is now leading kind of socialistic, you know, takeover of america. >> members of the michigan militia in that video that you just saw there ins
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as their sole experience with the united states. [laughter] this is problematic on a number of fronts. [laughter] the idea that there would be economic and occupational diversity that we have in the u.s. seems to be pretty much rejected out of hand after orlando, there was new york and san francisco and chicago i did find one person in denmark who had spent one year abroad and richmond, va., when he was in high school. that was an exceptional experience. they have a view of the american political parties as more extreme than they really are. there was a tendency to associate barack obama with what they perceived to be labor- oriented or liberal policies in the european context and to almost associate the american republican party as being far right wing, certainly much further to the right than the conservative party. in britain. this goes back to the first point about seeing our system more unified than it really is. it comes up later on and you see that there is some anger currently right now with barack obama because of this. of
as their sole experience with the united states. [laughter] this is problematic on a number of fronts. [laughter] the idea that there would be economic and occupational diversity that we have in the u.s. seems to be pretty much rejected out of hand after orlando, there was new york and san francisco and chicago i did find one person in denmark who had spent one year abroad and richmond, va., when he was in high school. that was an exceptional experience. they have a view of the american...
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, the united states was a going concern. but this was not true in 1800. it was still in a very fragile position. it was finally settled and jefferson assumes the presidency, but it was a constitutional crisis of the first magnitude, and it resulted in the first change of the vice presidency. you have the 12th amendment, ratified in 18 04, and this changed the electoral college to the way it is today. each elector gets two votes, one for president and one for vice- president. host: tom hon. -- tom on the republican line. caller: this is a fascinating discussion for me, because i've wondered for some years now -- what are your thoughts -- what would it be like if we had the old regime -- say we had obama for president, john mccain as vice president? or let's say we would have richard nixon as president and george mcgovern as vice- president. wouldn't that be interesting? it might not be very good for us nowadays. i will get off there and listen to your answer. please talk at length about my idea. guest: thank you for your ques
, the united states was a going concern. but this was not true in 1800. it was still in a very fragile position. it was finally settled and jefferson assumes the presidency, but it was a constitutional crisis of the first magnitude, and it resulted in the first change of the vice presidency. you have the 12th amendment, ratified in 18 04, and this changed the electoral college to the way it is today. each elector gets two votes, one for president and one for vice- president. host: tom hon. --...
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states averawhich i even hate to say -e will prosecute three navy seals because allegedly, supposedly, a terrorist was captured. he happened to get beaten up during the course of his capture. the republican party and the representatives of its and their so-called conservatives are merely cowards. they've will not fight. they will not stand up against the left. i will give the left this much credit -- at least they will fight for what they believe in. guest: um, i understand the caller's frustration which i sometimes feel myself. it does not seem like they are speaking with one clear voice right now. the problem is, it is a food fight right now. it is like a the omegas versus the deltas and who will have primacy over the campus. they cannot effectively take on president obama and the democrats. they always do get it together. nature, abhors a vacuum -- nature of pores of vacuabhors a. at some point there will get their act together and start not only to make their case, but the case effectively against democrats. host: wyoming, good morning. caller: happy thanksgiving. give me some tim
states averawhich i even hate to say -e will prosecute three navy seals because allegedly, supposedly, a terrorist was captured. he happened to get beaten up during the course of his capture. the republican party and the representatives of its and their so-called conservatives are merely cowards. they've will not fight. they will not stand up against the left. i will give the left this much credit -- at least they will fight for what they believe in. guest: um, i understand the caller's...
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states. that's why we agreed to a series of important new initiatives in this area as president who indicain indicated we have achieved agreements on renewable energy, cleaner uses of coal, electric vehicles and gas. >> president obama encouraged china to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. china's crackdown on tibet and other human rights issues have been a thorn in the side for years. >>> you'll hear how 2-year-old girls are doing after 25 hours of surgery. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin's book "going rogue" goes on sale today and the author continues to make tv appearances to promote it. today it is "good morning america" where she told barbara walters that a run for president isn't on her radar but she didn't rule out making the race in 2012. she talked about tensions with senator mccain's campaign and problems with his staff. >> to many you are a possible presidential candidate. steve schmidt, mccain's campaign senior adviser has said publicly and i quote "she wou
states. that's why we agreed to a series of important new initiatives in this area as president who indicain indicated we have achieved agreements on renewable energy, cleaner uses of coal, electric vehicles and gas. >> president obama encouraged china to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. china's crackdown on tibet and other human rights issues have been a thorn in the side for years. >>> you'll hear how 2-year-old girls are doing after 25 hours of surgery....
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she's in the united states. she's not in the soviet union. the government is on her side in this country. why does she say things like that? >> i think she's speaking to an ethos that exists now where people are a little nervous about where the country is going. it's leaning left. it's been right for eight years. >> it seems like it's tilting back to the right a little bit. >> well, at least to the center. >> that's all right. >> i don't think there's anything more juvenile about her calling out her haters than there is about obama attacking a fox news. >> that was a mistake. i agree with you on that. >> political mistake. it looked un-presidential. i mean, you call out the people that are calling you out. eventually you have to defend yourself. >> she wants to run for president. if she does. she doesn't say it. >> i think she will. >> which party is she going to run in? she's thrown everybody under the bus. she's thrown the republicans under the bus. the democrats she's thrown them under and then backed up again. >> she just backed up this c
she's in the united states. she's not in the soviet union. the government is on her side in this country. why does she say things like that? >> i think she's speaking to an ethos that exists now where people are a little nervous about where the country is going. it's leaning left. it's been right for eight years. >> it seems like it's tilting back to the right a little bit. >> well, at least to the center. >> that's all right. >> i don't think there's anything more...
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much of it comes from the united states. i remember there's a show called "the greenhouse conspiracy" and the director was on camera saying how important it was to keep the money coming for is graduate students. host: president obama says he will go to the meeting in copenhagen and they will talk about global climate change. does the news of these dr. e- mails or the mills that talk about -- or the e-mails that talk about this, will they will -- will that hamper his efforts? guest: he is saying he could do something in copenhagen that he cannot do. if he is going to commit the united states to a carbon emissions reduction of 80%, the senate has to pass that. it is debatable whether it will pass the senate. he cannot do that. it has to pass the senate. i bet there are a lot of people in the senate who are sitting on the fans who are mad as heck that he went out in public and said the u.s. will do this. that forces them to vote on something they don't want to vote on it puts them at loggerheads with the president on a critical
much of it comes from the united states. i remember there's a show called "the greenhouse conspiracy" and the director was on camera saying how important it was to keep the money coming for is graduate students. host: president obama says he will go to the meeting in copenhagen and they will talk about global climate change. does the news of these dr. e- mails or the mills that talk about -- or the e-mails that talk about this, will they will -- will that hamper his efforts? guest: he...
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becoming president of the united states. how scary is that? >> patience. patience. >> tonight joy is going to talk with olivia newton-john, a breast cancer survivor. she'll weigh in about the mammogram guidelines that go against everything you've hear for years. >>> we have an update on a brawl that broke out at a high school girls soccer game. it happened to be the state championship. hi, rafer. >> good morning, robin. just video that's shocking when you know how young these kids are. now the rhode island interx interscholastic league suspended nine players for this fight. the suspensions range from up to two games to up to a year for fighting and for leaving the bench and the fight carried over into the stands. and the coaches from both teams were also penalized. they canceled the awards ceremony. the kids and coaches were not specifically named. >>> more shame for the tennessee football program. police say another player, oliver, was arrested for allegedly trying to shoplift a $110 shirt. the alleged incident happened fourshirt. the incident happened fo
becoming president of the united states. how scary is that? >> patience. patience. >> tonight joy is going to talk with olivia newton-john, a breast cancer survivor. she'll weigh in about the mammogram guidelines that go against everything you've hear for years. >>> we have an update on a brawl that broke out at a high school girls soccer game. it happened to be the state championship. hi, rafer. >> good morning, robin. just video that's shocking when you know how...
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states. and i think that does pose particular issues with respect to the issue of citizens and noncitizens. so i like that issue as another area which we work with the other law enforcement intelligence agencies is a very difficult set of issues also raising questions of authority. >> if i could add to this, on this question. in general, if you had asked me that a year ago i would have said that i think that we need bright line rules, explainable to our clients, to our intelligence clyde scott our military community clients, and i think i do believe that. in general, i am a believer in, you know, bright line rules versus three or four part test that one has to try to apply in each instance, which inevitably requires lots of lawyers time. but i recognize that very often the issues are more complex than that but that is where the reception i start from. spiritless takes a more questions. i see we have a bunch of hands over there. >> good morning. my question is primarily for mr. johnson. >> can
states. and i think that does pose particular issues with respect to the issue of citizens and noncitizens. so i like that issue as another area which we work with the other law enforcement intelligence agencies is a very difficult set of issues also raising questions of authority. >> if i could add to this, on this question. in general, if you had asked me that a year ago i would have said that i think that we need bright line rules, explainable to our clients, to our intelligence clyde...
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>> oh, we have wonderful fans in the united states. we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do interview, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. it made for a wonderful experience for all of us and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i call it my double ds. it's like double disks here. on one side you've got the
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but russia is 5,500 miles wide, about twice the size of the united states. supporters say it will make disabout the regions feel closer to moscow. >> until the sunsets at 5:00 for you. >>> still breezy for new england. this weather is brought to you by green giant. what's going on across the region? yesterday, a lot of rain. this is how much we've seen. not just 24 hours. it start start ad few days ago. that's a tremendous amount of rainfall. it's all because of the wind straight off the atlantic through virginia and maryland and delaware, jersey, all the the way down to north carolina, too. that low is still in place. it's not moved very far. not as strong today. only 40 miles per hour gusts around the coastline. pab more. yesterday hurricane strength winds. here's what it looks like in new york. you get rain showers coming in. coastal flood warnings are there. p 34 miles per hour sustained winds all along the jersey shore. it breaks up in baltimore, washington, i-95. not as heavy as yesterday but you still get the rain. here's the radar. not much going on
but russia is 5,500 miles wide, about twice the size of the united states. supporters say it will make disabout the regions feel closer to moscow. >> until the sunsets at 5:00 for you. >>> still breezy for new england. this weather is brought to you by green giant. what's going on across the region? yesterday, a lot of rain. this is how much we've seen. not just 24 hours. it start start ad few days ago. that's a tremendous amount of rainfall. it's all because of the wind straight...
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she's in the united states. she's not in the soviet union. the government is on her side in this country. why does she say things like that? >> i think she's speaking to an ethos that exists now where people are a little nervous about where the country is going. it's leaning left. it's been right for eight years. >> it seems like it's tilting back to the right a little bit. >> wiell, at least to the cente. >> that's all right. >> i don't think there's anything more juvenile about her calling out her haters than there is about obama attacking a fox news. >> that was a mistake. i agree with you on that. >> political mistake. it looked unpresidential. i mean, you call out the people that are calling you out. eventually you have to defend yourself. >> she wants to run for president. if she does. she doesn't say it. >> i think she will. >> which party is she going to run in? she's thrown everybody under the bus. she's thrown the republicans under the bus. the democrats she's thrown them under and then backed up again. >> she just backed up this co
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>> glad they're making waffles in the united states. that's good. >> oh, a good point. you've been following all the stories, manufacturing abroad. we've told you how the detroit automakers are struggling. huge news this morning. jennifer westhoven joins us. talking about things produced abroad. a home product. >> a big win for ford. talked quality ratings had gone up this year. really all of detroit hurting for some good news. this really is some for ford and for detroit's morale. the fusion was named the motor trend car of the year. the magazine says ford did a great job of redesigning and upgrading. they gave every version of the ford fusion kudos and said you should consider it right on par with the toyota camry and honda accord. took me by surprise. not bad, not high praise, richard, but it's okay. >> when it comes to some of the make, sometimes that is not bad. >> i still think that's a great win for ford. the big thing is ford has been pulling ahead of the pack. they gn need to borrow taxpayer money. really the deal is how will gm and chrysler do? still, right a
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we're going to take him, because he blew up people in the united states and give them a trial, but the other terrorists we caught overseas, we're going try them in military tribunals. i don't understand the logic of it. >> mayor bloomberg says that the city can safely hold the trial. the police do an incredible job. >> my concern is more about what it does to our national security as opposed to our personal security as a new yorker. we have seen, we tried this once before when we captured the blind sheik. >> can't we do something about those laex? why can't he be in solitary confinement without blackberry? >> he had a lawyer that lied to to prosecutors who went and told terrorist organizations in egypt the information that had been obtained. we should not be revealing this information to the terrorists in the first place. there's no guarantee that it won't get out there. we have a perfectly legitimate system, military tribunals, that we treat khalid sheikh mohammed like he's an american citizen. there's though legal only occasion and i don't think a moral obligation to try him in the c
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police say that a greek orthodox priest visiting the united states was lost. he followed lance corporal jason bruce into a garage to ask for help and they accuse bruce of beating the priest with a tire iron and calling him a racist. >> i think it's sad. this is a very soft-spoken person who is dedicated to serving god and serving church and from what it sounds like to me he got lost and asked for directions and someone assaulted him. >> allegedly called him a terrorist. bruce's attorney claims the priest groped bruce and he was defending himself. he's free on bond and the priest was tone aken to a hospital and released. >>> workers almost got hit by another rock slide and that one was caught on video. look at this. it's awfully close. a local news crew was turning the cleanup effort and able to get the video of the second rock slide. we understand a state transportation department geologist warned everyone there might be a second slide so moved them out of the way. u.s. 64 could be closed up to a week. >>> a woman went to lunch at mcdonald's and came home a ri
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hearing from two of our united states senators. and let me begin by introducing our first speaker senator mark pryor, he has served since 2003. he's a voice of reason who works with democrats for arkansas and our nation. he serves on six committees, including the senate rules, senate ethics, homeland security and governmental affairs, the appropriations committee, and the center of science and transportation. it's on the senate commerce science and transportation committee where he most often works on issued related to transportation. he's a member of the subcommittee on aviation, subcommittee on surface transportation, and the subcommittee on consumer protection and chronic safety. as chairman of the subcommittee, senator pry will play a significant role in the develop of transportation policy, particularly as they relate to automobile safety. please join me in welcoming senator mark pryor. [applause] >> well, thank you very much for having me. and thank you, all for being here today. this is a very important issue that's facing o
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of the united states by passing a law, which, by the way, is unconstitutional. it violates the protections that the aclu is trying to protect. >> did you think president obama was on the right track when he first said he was for transparency. >> caller: he was always on the right track. i think he's been given very bad advice. >> robert, thank you for kwoyou phone call. staci is calling from indiana. tell us your take on this. i understand you're a soldier. concern is releasing the picture puts peoples' lives in danger. but you say you don't think the public needs to know everything the military does to keep the country safe. >> caller: i'm a veteran. i've been home for eight months now. i'm not active soldier right now if you want to observe and pick at the military strategies i advise you to enlist in the military. transparency is an issue for certain policies. i.e., health care and tacks. transparency in the military equals disaster. i'm sorry. i'm just saying that if you have an experienced poker player, you don't see him showing his opponents all his cards.
of the united states by passing a law, which, by the way, is unconstitutional. it violates the protections that the aclu is trying to protect. >> did you think president obama was on the right track when he first said he was for transparency. >> caller: he was always on the right track. i think he's been given very bad advice. >> robert, thank you for kwoyou phone call. staci is calling from indiana. tell us your take on this. i understand you're a soldier. concern is...
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with respect to the relationship of the united states and -- between the united states and pakistan's military, i think that there have probably been times in the past in which we were so focused on just military assistance in pakistan that we do not think more broadly about how to encourage and developin e kind of civil the security in pakistan that would affect the lives of the people every day. secretary clinton is doing a good job in trying to move forward -- where she? i thought she was around here somewhere. but anyway, she has done an excellent job in helping to focus our energies on the front as well. obviously, pakistan has an enormously important role in the security of the region by making sure that the extremist organizations that often operate out of its territories are dealt with effectively. and we have seen some progress. the pakistan -- the work that the pakistan military is doing in the swat valley and in south windsor a stand awaziristan indicate that -- in south waziristan indicates that they can have an effect on their security interests -- internally. my hope is
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if you bring them to the united states, do you honestly think they will not do another attack on us just to set them free? so she has some safety concerns other people were talking about on the page as well. chris writes this: i look at this differently. as long as these terrorists are locked up, who cares if it's gitmo or new york? i say it's a good thing to have them close so we can keep an eye on them. so keep talking about this. do you think trying the suspects in civilian court in new york is the right thing to do? these 9/11 suspects. or would you have preferred they face military justice back at guantanamo bay or maybe you're okay with bringing them here, just not in a civilian court, maybe a military tribunal of some sort. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or call us at 1-877-tell hln or text us at hlntv. >>> here's somebody from my facebook page who writes it's the correct decision but it's going to be a tough one for a lot of americans to swallow. due process is one of the cornerstone principles of our republic and one that must be honored to even the most heinous of circumstances. so s
if you bring them to the united states, do you honestly think they will not do another attack on us just to set them free? so she has some safety concerns other people were talking about on the page as well. chris writes this: i look at this differently. as long as these terrorists are locked up, who cares if it's gitmo or new york? i say it's a good thing to have them close so we can keep an eye on them. so keep talking about this. do you think trying the suspects in civilian court in new york...
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. >> do you ever want to be president of the united states? >> that certainly isn't on my radar screen right now, but when you consider some of the ordinary turning into extraordinary events that have happened in my life i am not one to predict what will happen in a few years. my ambition, if you l my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be and i cannot predict what that will be, what doors would be open in the year 2012. >> would you play a major role? >> if people will have me, i will. >> i'll tell you which people would like it, comedians. >> you know, i don't think we should trash her, though, for wanting to be president. i want every girl in america to want to grow up to want to be president. >> i know. >> that's not a bad thing. what troubles me is that people might actually vote for her. ambition i think should not be attacked in women. >> david brooks, did you see him on george stephanopolous said she was a joke, ann, your own party base person there, one of the intellectuals in the party, i know that. he thinks she'
. >> do you ever want to be president of the united states? >> that certainly isn't on my radar screen right now, but when you consider some of the ordinary turning into extraordinary events that have happened in my life i am not one to predict what will happen in a few years. my ambition, if you l my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be and i cannot predict what that will be, what doors would be open in the year 2012. >> would you play a major role?...
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now, the united states does take this issue very seriously, but relatively few resources are directed towards the domestic side of the issue. almost all of the money that is -- and it's a huge amount of money. almost all of the money that the united states invests in human trafficking is invested in the global issue. and that's based on the theory that the united states was only a source of -- or was only a destination location for human trafficking, but it looks like we're actually funding a lot of our own destination, we're a source society as well -- >> of victims. we're a source of the victims, of these child victims. and you know, to you, eleanor dixon. let's unleash lawyers. with me eleanor odom, peter odom, anne bremner. eleanor and peter out of the atlanta jurisdiction. anne bremner high-profile lawyer out of seattle. eleanor, here's the kicker. people think all this money is traded for child prostitutes, for a 5-year-old girl. this mother probably sold her own girl for a hit of crack. come on. >> exactly right, nancy. especially looking at someone with a drug problem. she kil
now, the united states does take this issue very seriously, but relatively few resources are directed towards the domestic side of the issue. almost all of the money that is -- and it's a huge amount of money. almost all of the money that the united states invests in human trafficking is invested in the global issue. and that's based on the theory that the united states was only a source of -- or was only a destination location for human trafficking, but it looks like we're actually funding a...
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he said she violated a custody agreement taking them out of the united states. >> the main principle is we had a custody agreement. this is not a custody fight. there was a custody agreement that was agreed to in the united states that my ex-wife ignored and broke federal and state laws in order to ignore. and i think we have to come back to that stance first. and say, okay, this -- the jurisdiction can't be moved by an individual to japan or to whatever country just because they like it. >> savoie was released from jail last month. no word when he will be able to see his children. >>> the jury begins to consider whether the death penalty should be given to a man who killed anne pressly to death. he shouted. >> it is a corrupt system. >> today was justice for anne. i know nobody is more grateful than the parents and all of anne's friends. >> the jury's sentencing options death or life without parole. if they can't decide the judge imposes a life sentence. >>> somebody walked into a convenience store and stole money donated for a 10-year-old boy with a brace disorder. >> i was absolut
he said she violated a custody agreement taking them out of the united states. >> the main principle is we had a custody agreement. this is not a custody fight. there was a custody agreement that was agreed to in the united states that my ex-wife ignored and broke federal and state laws in order to ignore. and i think we have to come back to that stance first. and say, okay, this -- the jurisdiction can't be moved by an individual to japan or to whatever country just because they like it....
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states. and that's high we have growed to certain new initiatives in this area. we are creating a joint energy efficiency and renewable energy, cleaner uses of coal. electric vehicles an shale gas. >> china's crackdown on tibet and other issues have been a thorn in the united states -- >>> a storm with winds of 95 miles an hour and sustained winds of 55 miles an hour and higher are expected before the storm is over. these winds that have battered western washington state have eased up a little bit and floodwaters are easing up a little bit. the bad news by the way is the stormy weather may not be -- new guidance for you this morning that says women in their 40s do not need routine mammograms. that comes from a government task force of doctors and scientists. it contradicts the american cancer society's recommendation of annual mammograms starting at the age of 40. but the task force warns frequent screenings can cause false alarms by breast cancer. some women worry the new guidelines could in
states. and that's high we have growed to certain new initiatives in this area. we are creating a joint energy efficiency and renewable energy, cleaner uses of coal. electric vehicles an shale gas. >> china's crackdown on tibet and other issues have been a thorn in the united states -- >>> a storm with winds of 95 miles an hour and sustained winds of 55 miles an hour and higher are expected before the storm is over. these winds that have battered western washington state have...
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secondly, we don't have kidnapping for ransom in the united states. it was mentioned by the husband in this that it sounded like a bad movie plot. well, it is a very bad movie plot. notwithstanding hollywood, these things don't happen. the last time there was a fake ransom like that was in the jonbenet case, another long, rambling note which we know was fake because the little girl was dead in her -- in the basement. now, the real concern here, though, for people in my industry is the whole idea of faking kidnappings. what that does is it creates cry wolf scenarios so that the next time something like that happens there's a cynicism on the part of the public, or very well could be a cynicism on the part of the public about whether or not -- >> i agree. >> -- that kidnapping is an actual kidnapping or not. not to mention the resources that are taken away from legitimate situations. >> back to the lawyers. eleanor odom, peter odom, tamara holder. peter odom, what about her telling the cops? and this is obviously a voluntary statement. "i tried to make t
secondly, we don't have kidnapping for ransom in the united states. it was mentioned by the husband in this that it sounded like a bad movie plot. well, it is a very bad movie plot. notwithstanding hollywood, these things don't happen. the last time there was a fake ransom like that was in the jonbenet case, another long, rambling note which we know was fake because the little girl was dead in her -- in the basement. now, the real concern here, though, for people in my industry is the whole...
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department of justice says at any given time up to 300,000 children in the united states are at risk for being sold into sexual slavery. throw away kids, runaways. the young kids running around the streets, say, why aren't they in school? those are the kids who end up in sexual servitude and it's a real, real problem. >> it's also a billion dollar business in some countries. in thailand, specifically, it's a billion dollar business. >> it is. >> what's being done by the fbi and the cia in this country? >> there are a host of laws on the state level and the federal level. part of the problem is coming out of denial and realizing people do go to children for sex. businessmen, people -- the last people you'd think of are the ones who go over to thailand and are using children for sex. they're trying to get away with behavior they don't think they can get away with in the united states. as we're seeing in cases like this, there are allegations this is also happening in the united states. >> uh-huh. michelle, do you think that this is such a horrific thing for americans to even look at an
department of justice says at any given time up to 300,000 children in the united states are at risk for being sold into sexual slavery. throw away kids, runaways. the young kids running around the streets, say, why aren't they in school? those are the kids who end up in sexual servitude and it's a real, real problem. >> it's also a billion dollar business in some countries. in thailand, specifically, it's a billion dollar business. >> it is. >> what's being done by the fbi...
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right now, about 300,000 kids are at risk for commercial sexual exploitation in the united states. that's according to the department of justice. the average predator can reportedly make over 200 grand a year off of one girl. doctor dale, we think of sex trafficking as something involving these international crime syndicates, tens of thousands of girls to the u.s. and then hold them as sex slaves. that's true. but there is also a huge crisis with the home-grown selling of children for sex. google it. because that's what i did today. you will see an astounding number of stories all across the country. >> and i'm so glad you're bringing it up, jane, because you're absolutely right. and the average american has no idea that this is not just an international problem. this happens in america every single day. and i will say that when we analyze the mother's motives here, three things are possible. one, pure greed. two, she had a psychotic condition. and three, and by far the most likely, is that she was a drug addict. and i will disagree with mark on this. i will say that addiction can
right now, about 300,000 kids are at risk for commercial sexual exploitation in the united states. that's according to the department of justice. the average predator can reportedly make over 200 grand a year off of one girl. doctor dale, we think of sex trafficking as something involving these international crime syndicates, tens of thousands of girls to the u.s. and then hold them as sex slaves. that's true. but there is also a huge crisis with the home-grown selling of children for sex....
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a year ago today president obama became the 44th president of the united states. richelle carey is here to tell us how can you weigh in on how the president is doing. he had the successful election one year ago today. >> people get yearly check ups you could kind of equate it to that and everybody has an opinion when it comes to their local politicians and their president. is there really a connection is kind of where we're going with this. how do you think the president is doing a year after barack obama became president? let's think about this. do you think things have gotten worse where you live? have they gotten better? in there are, a couple of state elections everyone was focused on, virginia, new jersey, they went republican, but those are states that were really critical to barack obama becoming president. again, republican governors, what do you think that says about the job president barack obama is doing, or do you think there's no connection at all? people really pay attention to politics. we really want to know, do you think there's any connection bet
a year ago today president obama became the 44th president of the united states. richelle carey is here to tell us how can you weigh in on how the president is doing. he had the successful election one year ago today. >> people get yearly check ups you could kind of equate it to that and everybody has an opinion when it comes to their local politicians and their president. is there really a connection is kind of where we're going with this. how do you think the president is doing a year...